Old Barney
by Dawn Gari
Title
Old Barney
Artist
Dawn Gari
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Barnegat Lighthouse known as "Old Barney", is a historic lighthouse located in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. The park is on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, and is on the south side of Barnegat Inlet.
The Barnegat Lighthouse was commissioned on January 1, 1859. The tower light was 172 feet above sea level and the lighthouse itself was 163 feet tall, four times taller than the original. The new light was a first-order flashing Fresnel lens, which stood about 12 feet tall. The total cost of the project was about $40,000, with the lens alone costing $15,000. The current lighthouse is really two towers in one: the exterior conical tower covers a cylindrical tower on the inside. The light was deactivated as a Coast Guard lookout tower in January 1944 In 2008, the Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, a local non profit organization, raised funds to reactivate the lighthouse. Then on January 1, 2009, at 5:00 pm, the 150th anniversary of its opening, Barnegat Lighthouse activated its beacon for the first time since before World War II
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February 9th, 2015
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